Please check the venue's website for show timings Five years after a student opened fire at an exclusive private high school, killing several students and a beloved teacher, the survivors gather for the first time. Sitting in the classroom where the attack reached its horrifying climax, the group shares the scars each bears, and discusses...
Because it’s no secret that Cyndi Lauper’s music can get a party started. Because red high-heeled boots. Lots of them. Because this exuberant musical is a warming story of love and acceptance, and a celebration of the art of drag! Because we can all, as the song puts it, “Just Be.” Charlie Price has reluctantly...
City Lights Theater hosts a fundraising cabaret for B.A.D. Musical Theatre, showcasing a live band and local actors belting out songs from rock musicals including Green Day's "American Idiot," "Rent"...
Join Nineteen, San Jose’s professional big band, as they treat you to the sounds of the late great Al Jarreau, an iconic American R&B, soul and pop singer and musician....
Click here for the exact date and times Because this Brazilian fable will transport you to a world so close, but so far. Because the Houston Press called it “an incredibly original and affecting night at the theater.” Because the relationship between Helena and Belmira is perfectly relatable to anyone with a sister. Because every...
Just like the mischievous ghost Elvira, Noël Coward’s 1941 comedy keeps coming back for a reason. The oft-revived Blithe Spirit, delightful as ever, takes up residence on the City Lights stage this spring. When novelist Charles invites the eccentric medium Madame Arcati over for a séance to help shake his writer’s block, she conjures up...
Join Nineteen, San Jose’s professional big band, as they treat you to the sounds of the late great Al Jarreau, an iconic American R&B, soul and pop singer and musician....
An estranged mother and daughter take an epic road trip, reuniting them as they meet a diverse array of Americans with their own stories to tell. An intimate and important new musical rich with family, humor and heart.
PERFORMANCES January 26 - February 26, 2023 Thursdays - Saturdays, at 8:00pm. Sundays at 2:00pm. Saturday, Feb. 25 at 2:00pm. The new live theater musical "Miss You Like Hell" takes us on an epic road trip. Synopsis: When Beatriz shows up at her teen daughter Olivia’s house at 4 a.m. and invites her on an...
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her...
A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and a Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Now we’re thrilled to be able to present the plays in two ways! You can watch them as on-demand videos at home, or enjoy a special in-person screening at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 19. We’ll project the plays on a big screen on the City Lights stage, sell popcorn (of course), and just feel...
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